Enjoying Some Time and a Giveaway

Hello Lovelies!

Hope all is well in your world. I have missed you, and my little blog.

As most of you know, my life has been changing so much lately. 

Big changes in great big ways.

 Happy ways.

 With the moving of our daughter and baby Kaia, i felt a little lost for a bit. It took me a few weeks just to figure out what I was suppose to be doing.I found myself just sitting in the quiet of nature and enjoying the quiet.Recharging. Realizing, that there would once again be time for me, my thoughts and all the things I want to do. 

At first I had so many mixed emotions, up's then down's. Happy to sad, to worried and round and round. 

For so long, the days were pretty much busy to say the least. The scheduled feeding times, meeting days, scheduling appointments, loads of chores,running after baby Kaia to make sure she was safe,and the constant clock watching to make sure I was on task. It became so routine and now....It has been a month or so and...

NOW!!!

I have been so busy,I found me again! 

Hooray! 

I have time again for creativity and all the possibilities it holds. I have been spending many hours in the studio making pretties lately. Spending time treasure hunting and getting new inventory listed in the shop.Small steps to Big things. 

Spending weekends at the beach.

Time for me and Mr. Sweetness to reconnect,and enjoy these days. 

Time to spoil that grand-baby. 

Time to make BIG PLANS.

Big plans indeed. We have spent so much time talking about what we want the future to look like, and we came to a BIG decision. We want to eventually be at the beach. So with some careful planning, and lots of dreaming, we did it. We bought a lot at Lincoln City, Oregon!!! 

We plan to build a tiny cottage by the sea. Pinch me. Yes we did!

It may take us 5 years to get it built, but someday, we will do it. With this huge exciting news, I have really had mermaid-ens on my mind. So much, that I made 8 yesterday! They have been showing up everywhere lately, in my journal, and in my thoughts.

I am just so grateful for this huge blessing, and ever so Thankful. It's been a dream of ours since, forever.

As my special way of saying Thank You for staying with me, supporting my art and just knowing that you are there,lets do a GIVEAWAY!!!

I want to giveaway one of these little mermaid's to one of you. :)

Nothing too difficult of your part, just leave a comment below, and I will select the winner from the comments next week in an announcement.

That's it!

Hope you all  have a wonderful week.

Huge Hugs,

~Susan

  

A little Spring Cleaning

Hello Lovelies!

Hope all is well on your end, things are good here. Getting better every day. Our weather has been absolutely lovely. Spring has come early this year for us here in Oregon. Really early, and I am not complaining a bit. I am sorry if many of you are still freezing.

 

Blooms ready to burst open, and little petals are falling all around, covering the ground like snow. So welcoming.

I have been getting to take a little more time for myself lately. Working on a bit more art, and trying to embrace my creativity.

I started thinking about the word creativity. It not only means just making pretty things, although I would love to spend my days doing so.
You can be creative in so many ways... In cooking a meal for your family, dressing a table, re decorating a little area in your home, all kinds of ways. I think Creativity was the perfect word for me this year.

 

This past week, I have been spending a bit more time in the studio. I took some photos of my space, and realized that after looking at it through the lens of the camera, things were looking a bit unruly. And I needed to clean up, organize, and clear out some clutter.

Treasure chests bursting from fullness...

 Piles of shinny's strewn about....

A total Mess!

So, with that in mind I decided I would try to get a bit more organized.

But in order to get organized, I needed to get a few things.I picked up some vintage jewelry boxes at the thrift store for just a few dollars, and what a difference that made.

 

Better.
I love the little boxes too! Vintage, velvety and pretty. No more digging, everything is separated and easy to see.

A new little rolling cart for paints, glue's and whatnots. I asked my Mr.for the rolling cart from IKEA for my Valentine's Day Present. Isn't he just the sweetest! I mean what girl wants an industrial cart instead of roses?
Me.
 It's perfect!
It's nice to have all these things off my work table, and easy to get to. 

 Bookshelves organized by color, much more pleasing to the eye.

 



 

 

 I hung a rusty frame from a Model A Car seat back, to clip things to. I did seal it with a sealer so it doesn't flake off everywhere.

 Pretty little things...

Jars of Buttons and frozen Charlottes...

 





A clutter free,clean work table, I haven't seen that for a while.

I hung a variety of little stars from the lights on the ladder above my desk. Sometimes when I am drying a project with the blow dryer, I point it at the stars so they can dance around and sparkle. I love that.

Mr. sweetness bought me the paper butterfly lantern on a trip we took last fall to the beach. I adore this too.

 A fun new bright orange rug for a little pop of color. I love this too.

 I hung a paper parasol on the ceiling, I have one more that I need to hang too. I have had these for years. I love the butterflies on them of course. 

 A little more work to do, but it's coming along. After I was finished cleaning, THE little voice in my head said: "HURRY TAKE THE PICTURE, FOR IT WILL ONLY BE HERE FOR A SHORT TIME!!!"

Lol!

You know and I know, this clean space won't last for long. But dirty or clean, this space holds all the things that are most precious to me, it is my most sacred space, and I feel blessed to have it.

It does feel better, and hopefully it will allow me to spend my time in here more constructively instead of fumbling around and digging for things I can't find.

 

 Wishing you a Creative Day...

 Love to hear from you below if you have the time.

 Take care,

~Susan Xo